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- Milky Way, meteor showers, and deep-sky viewing
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Certified dark-sky park
Badlands National Park
SD, United States · Truly dark skies
About this place
- Overview
- Dramatic eroded buttes with wide-open dark horizons
- Horizon
- Wide-open prairie, excellent low-horizon access
- Region
- SD, United States
- Nearest city
- ~100 km of light pollution
Designation & sky
- Type
- Dark-Sky Park
- Designation
- IDA Dark Sky Park
- Sky quality
- Bortle 2 · Truly dark
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